Some Things You shouldn’t do yourself “DIY” NOT!!

Every now and then real life hits and were forced to do the things were not ready to do. Today is one of those days. You know', when being real is relevant. Friends I have to admit that life isn’t always pretty and the frustration that comes with it can be an insight. Reality has hit home in the Key family and I have to tell you it aint pretty and yes I said aint! You see; everything isn’t always pretty sometimes life hits you with a curve-ball and tells you to get off you’re ……….. And go beyond the pretty. This morning I was awaken by a loud noise and a dog bark that was so loud it scared the God who knows what out of me.
Yup my sun porch ceiling drywall fell to the floor and exposed a hole and oh no a water leak coming from my roof.  Yes the same roof that had a serious hole in it when I bought the house, yes I bought a house with a hole in the roof. But that was just fine because that could be fixed and so it was. So I thought. Now this is when you get on the phone and call that contractor who fixed the roof the first time and tell him how angry you are and that he better come fix what he didn’t fix the first time. Well that is exactly what I would do if only I used a contractor the first time. Hmmm some things you just shouldn’t do yourself and friends this is one of them.
This is one of those times we should have called in a professional but we didn’t because we thought we were saving money. (This is lesson learned). If you have a broken leg or arm would you fix it yourself or would you call in a doctor who knows what the “Heck” he/she is doing? Geez I wish I’d called the roof doctor. Every now and then you learn the money you think you’re saving is not really a savings at all. This lesson has taught me there are some things you just shouldn’t do yourself. Friend unless you are a roof doctor please don’t attempt to do the roof yourself. Now I’m not saying you can’t because I’m quite sure you can do anything you put your mind to, you can do it but just make sure you have the credentials to pull it off.
I’m sorry for all the fury and irritation of my ceiling woes but every now and then venting is all we have and I hope you don’t mind me laying it on you today because I feel awfully annoyed and irritated over something that could have been avoided. Well without further ado check out this scary ceiling of mind.

Check out this  hole in my ceiling its not pretty, Right!

Yikes!! Ugly, Ugly and more Ugly. I hate this. Check out how the room use to look before all the ugliness. The truth is this room has been through a few changes since I've lived here but the all been for the good most certainly not for the bad. Here is the first look of this sun porch. Check it out!

 

Look 1

Not so bad.  Right!  But this room was a little dark for a sun porch so we thought we'll change it just a little. Before I show you how it looked before the hole in the roof here is a few more pic's the way it looked first.

I'm sorry for the bad photos, as you can see there is a table for eating but just a little crowded to say the least.

Did you notice the Awning is painted orange one of the colors in the sun room? The awning was pretty ugly before we cleaned in spray painted it a Terracotta orange.

This room was pretty bad when we first bought the house believe it or not as I said before we bought the house with a hole in the roof to begin with and even worst then that if it can get any worst we had grass growing out of the old dirty worn out tile that was on the floor.  One of the bright spots in this room other then it being a sun room was the floor that we discovered under all the ugliness. Yep! (Solid hardwood floors). Nice! You see I'm trying to find a bright spot among all of this.  Now here is the last the room looked before the ceiling caved in.

Look 2

Here it is the look we had before the ceiling drywall leaky roof cave. This room is a bit sunnier than the previous look in look 1. Now I say the look before because clearly everything in this room had to be moved because of the leak. You see the chair by the Window? Water leaked all over the cushion and pillows and not to mention (wet drywall) yikes not pretty. Here are a few more photos of how this room looked before the leaky roof.

Now friends, I do apologize for the faulty photos I did my best with what I have but nonetheless I hope you understand my frustration about my sun porch woes. This has me saying, (Some things you shouldn't do yourself)so I have my work cut out for me for a little bit as I track down a roof doctor who can fix this leak and then I can have my old room back and who knows I' may change some things but after paying someone to do this job I'm sure money will be in short supply to say the least but at least this time if it’s not done right I can blame someone else. So with my learned lesson, I can only hope you too will take heed and realize that sometime you have to call in the pros.

 

So What You Think?

Have you ever taken on a job like this yourself?

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Come With Me On My Dining Room Journey

Well I'm ready to tackle that old room redo project I call my dining room, I guess after living in my home for over 6 years and doing countless of other people homes I thought that it was finally time for me to get my honey to do list out.
So I decided to finally decorate my dinning room. So I was hoping you wouldn't mind going on that journey with me.  Now here's the deal I'm hoping this doesn't take me that long but as I'm always reminded there are always obstacle that gets in the way. And speaking of time what about the budget there is never a big enough one for all our wants so you can probably imagine that there will be some creative projects along the way or perhaps a lots of  thrifty finds. So with out further ado check out what the dining room looks like now.

This is my dining room today!!! I know, I know. Your probably saying whats wrong with it!! Well nothing accept the fact I never had the chance to decorate my space the way I wanted too. People always say to me whats wrong with it? "I say its not decorated its just staged".  As you can see I have my work cut out for me because if you think this is already nice I better have something good up my sleeves right?

Yellow walls

 "A lonely picture but it does pop with red"

 As you can see there is literally no art on this wall to be found, hmmmm I wonder how this wall will look after its all done?

 Look at the arched wall that looks into the kitchen- Well this was an actual wall when we first took over the house 6 yrs ago.I wish I had a pic to show you before it looked this good.

Do you think this Chandelier will stay? hmmm cant wait to find out......

 I love the table I think I'll keep it

That plant was so cute yrs ago when I bought it but my daughter apparently wanted to make me a  her own flower arrangement with the flowers from the plant. It was much fuller yrs ago.

 I think I'm going  miss how the room looks now- only because I love how light it is.

 So what about the chairs!!! Do you think they will stay? Let me tell you now they're going to stay but the question is are they going to look the same in the end? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

' I love this table' It will stay for sure!

The floors is my favorite part. My husband striped and stained all the floors throughout the house himself. I love how they turned out.

What about the curtains in the blinds will they stay? "Seems like I'm giving you a quiz or something :) but we'll have to wait and see if the blinds and curtains stay. Sorry peeps!!

How are we going to address this hallway from the dining-room? That should be interesting!

I love this part of the dining room!!! My husband and father-in-law made the shelf  themselves. This may be one of my favorite parts of the house.

Look at that wood isn't it lovely? Credit my father-in-law for knowing how to treat a good peace of wood. Thanks to my husband and his dad that I'm able to see from one room to the next. Thanks guys!!

Well that's it. I hope you’ll stick with me as I get this done its all work in progress but it makes it that much fun knowing you are going to be with me. Shout out to FFA Challenge #3: for motivating me to get this done. Thanks Mandy over at Vintage Revivals

 Please let me know what you think!

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